Forensic Science - March 28th 5th period

[cheerfulgoth.livejournal.com]

The classroom was dark when the students entered and Abby was standing by the rack of laptops she had handed out last week.

"We're going to be using these today to solve our crime." Abby said, loading a program on one and explaining how to do handwriting analysis. "Also, you're going to be looking for matching injuries in crime databases. When you're not sure what happened at a scene or you want to check and see if this fits the profile of different crimes, you can enter the information and look for a match."

"Today's crime scene is very cool. It's our first hanging!" Pulling the door open to the crime scene, Abby grinned excitedly and ushered the students into the room where Bel lay on the ground. "Police found our dead guy this morning swinging from the rafters. They cut him down but they aren't sure if he's a suicide or the victim of a homicide. It's up to you guys to decide what happened."

[ooc: OCD up!]

Comments

Re: I see dead people!

[demonbelthazor]

Bel was trying to prove he was a good and helpful student. You know, to make up for the whole Source thing. And, well, he had experience with being dead.

And so:

*is dead omg*

Re: I see dead people!

[slr-mercury.livejournal.com]

Ami looked at the guy who looked just like Dr. Troy. And looked around for clues.

Re: I see dead people!

[demonbelthazor]

Bel continued to lie there. Dead and all.

Re: I see dead people!

[slr-mercury.livejournal.com]

Ami looked around for a note.

"Um... what time did you die? And do you have any injuries? Can cause of death be determined? Was it the hanging?"

Re: I see dead people!

[imac-kenzie.livejournal.com]

Mac crouched down beside Bel, he did 'dead' surprisingly realistically, and she resisted the urge to poke him with her pencil to check.

She went in the end, for a fairly generic, "Hi." Before diving in with, "Time of death?"

Re: I see dead people!

[demonbelthazor]

"10:59 PM," Bel answered helpfully.

Re: I see dead people!

[imac-kenzie.livejournal.com]

"Couldn't just have held out for one more minute, made it a round number?" Mac asked, as she jotted it down.

Re: I see dead people!

[robotboyfetish.livejournal.com]

Cassie eyed Bel.

"So... rectal temperature?" she said.

Re: I see dead people!

[demonbelthazor]

Bel's eyes snapped open and he edged away from Cassie, despite being dead. "You're not sticking anything there!" he said.

Re: I see dead people!

[robotboyfetish.livejournal.com]

"I mean, what does it tell me?" Cassie said. "You're a bad dead person."

Re: I see dead people!

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

Lana smiled. "Hey, Bel. Thanks for helping us out. So... time and cause of death? Any other injuries?"

She glanced around to see if there was a note nearby. "Suicide note?"

Re: I see dead people!

[demonbelthazor]

"Hey, Lana," Bel said, cracking one eye open. "Time of death was 10:59 PM. Cause of death was suffocation, and I've got broken fingers and bloody fingernails, scratches on my neck, and a bump on the back of my head. The note's over there." He pointed to the nearby slip of paper that said "Goodbye cruel world." The handwriting was pretty girly.

Re: I see dead people!

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

Lana raised her eyebrows at the note. "Goodbye cruel world? So not you." She took pictures of his 'injuries'. "The handwriting doesn't exactly look like a guy's either. I'll check this all out and see if I can't figure what really happened."

She smiled down at him. "Having fun?"

Re: I see dead people!

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"Oh Bel." Billy shook his head sadly. "How did it come to this? No seriously, cause of death?"

Re: I see dead people!

[demonbelthazor]

"Suffocation," Bel reported.

Re: I see dead people!

[dorky-broots.livejournal.com]

Broots didn't eep, really. "Um, uh, wh-wh-when did you d-die?"

Re: I see dead people!

[demonbelthazor]

Bel opened one eye and looked at Broots. "10:59 PM," he said.

Re: I see dead people!

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker was snickering. She's cruel like that.

Re: I see dead people!

[demonbelthazor]

Bel opened his eyes and glared. "Oh, great, you're in this class?"

Re: I see dead people!

[apocalypsesoon.livejournal.com]

John poked Bel with a toe.

Re: I see dead people!

[demonbelthazor]

Bel twitched to avoid the poke.

Re: I see dead people!

[swerval_zero]

Zero crouched down beside the 'corpse' and observed, "And the time I'm actually made aware of your death, you're not dead. 'Cept of course you weren't the other time, either. Hi, Bel. What's the swoo?"

Re: I see dead people!

[demonbelthazor]

"Dead of suffocation," Bel reported, tugging at the rope around his neck a little. "Rumors of my death are greatly exaggerated in either situation."

Re: I see dead people!

[the_merriest]

Rikku knelt down next to this week's fake-dead-guy. "Hi," she said. "So, uh. What was your time of death? Do you have any weird injuries? What exactly killed you? Anything creepy or weird I should know about?"

Re: I see dead people!

[demonbelthazor]

"Time of death was 10:59 PM," Bel reported. "Dead of suffocation, but my fingers are broken and bloody and there are scratches on my throat. There's also a bump on the back of my head."